Franklin Roy Bruno MBE

MBE

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 (born 16 November 1961) is an English former boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 whose career highlight was winning the WBC

World Boxing Council

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 Heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests. Like Henry Cooper

Henry Cooper (boxer)

Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG was an English heavyweight boxer known for the effectiveness of his left hook, "Enry's 'Ammer", and his knockdown of the young Muhammad Ali...

 before him, Bruno has remained a popular celebrity

Celebrity

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 with the British public since his ring career ended and still appears regularly in pantomime

Pantomime

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Bruno became a professional boxer in 1982, quickly racking up a streak of twenty-one consecutive wins by knockout

Knockout

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